flapping

Example Sentences

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Looking in the rear view mirror of my own car and seeing my dog’s jowls flapping in the breeze as we zoom through Arizona.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Little stone circles had been laid as impromptu memorials to the men at the site where they died, a little Palestinian flag flapping above one.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

Much of Mr. Roberts’s movement for that quartet of dancers, despite some upper-body torsioning and unison pacings, presents repeated articulations for their arms, suggesting the flapping of wings, which grows monotonous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

The silence here is only broken by the sound of them flapping in the wind.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

She was frantically squawking and flapping toward them.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown